Kirrae Whurrong artist Fiona Clarke has transformed the water tanks at the Kalorama Pavilion into a public display of art, designed to reflect local wildlife and the customs of the Wurundjeri people.
Fiona’s artwork is part of the ngurrak barring, which is centered around the wildlife of the area and the customs of the
Wurundjeri people.
Goannas have been in Australia for 15 million years, and surviving on this planet for probably 19 million years, so they are strong survivors of this land. The blue lines represent the land and the mountains and the large circles are the waterholes that sustain the local wildlife. The circles above the goanna represent the sunset, or the Milky Way where the ancestral being, Bunjil, returns once
its work is done.
Photo by Ferntree Gully Star Mail
